Naturalist With Numbers

Florida Master Naturalist, photographer, statistician, chemist and meteorologist. Trying to understand the natural world.

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@wonderlump @lamps_apple @yashar And that is a frequent truth on public firings. Often the company is looking for a way to get rid of a really bad employee who is protected from above or from outside the co. A headline-making blowup is a God send in that case.

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@psupisky @VladTheInflator I do it on a regular basis.

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@indian_pitta Chick keeps watch while parent snoozes. Great Horned Owl, Florida, USA

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@EdMorrissey @JazzShaw But, but, but .... who'll do the UFO columns now?

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@MandyLSimard A brackish tidal estuary for me. Maybe near the mouth of a small river. More wildlife than either lake or ocean

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@MandyLSimard Butterfly pea flower.

The genus of this flower is Clitoria. It was called that because it looks like ... or I mean it resembles ... er ...

Obviously named by a male biologist.

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@JackLinFLL Where was this taken?

Is this a little Nile monitor lizard? If so it means they're breeding nearby. That's not a good thing.

Here's an article on Nile monitor lizards. They are not a good addition to the FL ecosystem.

https://t.co/gmMz04eA16

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@sykesjeff You can sometimes see them standing in water wiggling those bright yellow toes to attract fish.

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@conservation_fl Saw this guy near Lake Apopka, FL

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@USFWSSoutheast Larva is sometimes called a hellgrammite and an all time great bass bait.

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@everglades Removing invasive species one bite at a time.

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@sykesjeff With a duckling?

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@USFWSSoutheast Beautiful wood nymph moth, Eudryas grata. Looks like a pile of bird droppings. Relatively common throughout eastern US and Canada but rarely noticed. Next time check out the pile of bird doo on the grass. It could be a moth.

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@USFWSSoutheast Really? Can you site any study showing them as a significant food source for bats? Mosquitoes are about .02% of a bat's weight. The equivalent diff is of a tiger preying on cockroaches. Not happening

They're a control for ag pests, wasps, etc. But mosquito is too small.

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@KSRonX @AdamLuckettKSR In the 4-seed scenario, aren't the options the same? AU or AL wins is the same as AU or AL loses.

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@monkbonk Keeping watch. Mother swan (called a pen) keeps watch on the kids (cygnet). When they hatched there were 9. The last I saw they were almost grown with 5 still alive.

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Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly, Calopteryx maculata. The female has the darker wings with the white spot. Very common damselfly across much of the US south.

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Ceraunus blue butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus. A small butterfly of the southern US, it's only slightly larger than 1 inch (2.8-3.2 cm). It flies close to the ground and rarely stops, making it hard to photograph. I got lucky with this guy

#fight #depression #Awareness

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@kirola_hemant Gopher tortoise. Their dens are used by over 300 different species, some when abandoned, some while the tortoise is still living there.

This one doesn't look pleased that I'm peeking in his front door.

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@sykesjeff American black bear looking up a tree. Seen near Longwood, FL. He looks like he's trying to read a sign. Actually probably wondering if it's edible.